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Want to Know If Your Partner’s Cheating on You? Just Listen to Their Voice0
- Culture
- March 9, 2018
Picture Morgan Freeman, Donald Trump or Margaret Thatcher. Most likely you can hear their voices in your mind, and the characteristic inflections that they put on certain words, as well as their tone and pitch. Even without listening to the words, when you hear someone speak you can pick up important information about them from
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Want to Change Hearts and Minds? Try Humility.8
- Culture, History, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- August 30, 2022
A friend recently sent me a popular meme called the Pyramid of Intellect. It shows the various academic degrees, starting at the base of the pyramid with a high school diploma and narrows its way up to a Ph.D. But at the very top of the pyramid is a little section that reads, “People who
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Want to Be Happy? Sacrifice Your Pleasures and Conveniences This Lent.0
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- February 26, 2026
While I was in college, I got into a habit that first made me laugh, then gave me pause. When I went to wash my hands, I would simply stick my hands in the sink and, for a split second, wonder why the water didn’t turn on. It was because I hadn’t turned the handle
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Want to Attract the Hispanic Vote? Check out this Survey.0
- Education
- October 14, 2015
Like it or not, election season seems to be in full swing… a year ahead of time. One of the most highly sought voting blocs is the Latino population. But if politicians are trying to gain the Latino vote by offering some form of immigration support, they may be barking up the wrong tree. Judging
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Want to Age Gracefully? Dress Like a Lady0
- Culture
- April 17, 2017
“When I was fifteen years old, I wanted to be a vamp—with a black veil, and a cigarette holder,” Carolina Herrera recalled in an interview with W magazine. “Because I was watching all these fantastic movies with Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich and all these very glamorous ladies, so I wanted to look like that.”
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Want Teenage Boys to Read? Give Them Books About Heroes0
- Culture
- August 23, 2017
Studies show that teenage boys lag behind teenage girls in reading. Even in adulthood, women are far more enthusiastic readers; two out of three adults who say they never read books are male. Debate rages about whether biology or culture is to blame, but the fact remains that girls simply seem to enjoy reading more—how
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